Interdisciplinary Plant Group

The symposium and workshop will be held in the Christopher S. Bond Life Sciences Center (LSC) at the University of Missouri. Registration and all presentations will be held at the Monsanto Auditorium (ground floor of LSC). The poster sessions, networking reception, continental breakfasts, meals, and coffee breaks will be held at the McQuinn Atrium (first floor of LSC).

Tuesday, May 21, 2024 12:30 PM - 5:00 PM Hormone 101 Workshop (optional) - SEPARATE REGISTRATION REQUIRED (no additional fee) 12:30 PM Opening Remarks Paula McSteen, University of Missouri Norman Best, USDA-ARS 12:35 PM Auxin: Involved in Almost Anything! Paula McSteen, University of Missouri 1:00 PM Brassinosteroids Zhiyong Wang, Carnegie Institute, Stanford University 1:30 PM 100 years of gibberellin research - growth promoting hormones with a twist Brigitte Poppenberger, Technical University of Munich 2:00 PM Coffee Break 2:30 PM Cytokinins Michaela Matthes, University of Bonn 3:00 PM Strigolactones and karrikins David C. Nelson, University of California, Riverside 3:30 PM Break 3:45 PM Ethylene: A simple molecule at the heart of numerous plant processes Josh Strable, North Carolina State University 4:15PM Abscisic Acid Priya Voothuluru, University of Missouri 4:45 PM Adjourn 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Opening Reception The Roof at the Broadway Hotel, 1111 E Broadway, Columbia, MO 65201   Wednesday May 22, 2024 7:30 AM - 5:00 PM Registration - Monsanto Auditorium Lobby 7:30 AM - 5:00 PM Poster Set-Up - Bond Life Sciences Center, 2nd - 4th Floor 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM Continental Breakfast - McQuinn Atrium 8:30 AM - 8:35 AM Welcome David Braun, University of Missouri; Paula McSteen, University of Missouri and Norman Best, USDA-ARS 8:35 AM - 8:45 AM Opening Remarks President Mun Choi, University of Missouri 8:45 AM - 9:30 AM Opening Plenary 8:45 AM Tom Spencer, University of Missouri Uterine Glands: An Odyssey into Their Development and Function 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM Session One: Abiotic Stress and Development I Session Chairs: Paula McSteen and Prameela Awale 9:30 AM Keynote: Mark Estelle, University of California, San Diego Auxin Action and a Symphony of ARFs 10:15 AM Zachary Nimchuk, University of North Carolina The control of plant shoot architecture by peptide signaling and temperature 10:45 AM - 11:15 AM Coffee Break 11:15 AM - 12:30 PM Session One: Abiotic Stress and Development I (continued) 11:15 AM Ed Wilkinson, Duke University ARF Protein Thermostability Integrates Temperature Cues into Auxin Signaling 11:30 AM Gyeong Mee Yoon, Purdue University Ethylene-triggered subcellular trafficking of CTR1 enhances the response to ethylene gas 12:00 PM Josh Strable, North Carolina State University Maize ETHYLENE INSENSITIVE3-LIKE genes are key regulators of shoot growth 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM Lunch (provided) 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM Session Two: Biotic Stress and Development I Session Chairs: Walter Gassmann and Gabby Rupp 2:00 PM Keynote: Saskia Hogenhout, John Innes Center, UK Elucidating the Mechanisms: How Phytoplasmas Induce Dramatic Developmental Changes and Modulate Resistance to Insect Vectors 2:45 PM Barbara Kunkel, Washington University, St Louis Auxin acts as a microbial signal to regulate virulence gene expression in the plant pathogen Pseudomonas syringae strain PtoDC3000 3:15 PM - 3:45 PM Coffee Break 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM Session Two: Biotic Stress and Development I (continued) 3:45 PM Anjali Iyer-Pascuzzi, Purdue University Microbial manipulation of host organelles: A bacterial effector protein targets the plant cytoskeleton 4:15 PM Abe Koo, University of Missouri Decoding Plant Defense: How Timing Matters in Jasmonate Synthesis for Rapid Immunity Against Insect Attacks 4:45 PM Lidia Soto Pascual JA is required for tomato tolerance to multifactorial stress combination 5:00 PM Dilkaran Singh, University of Illinois Systems Biology approach reveals role of jasmonic acid in biomass accumulation under elevated CO2 in Arabidopsis 5:15 PM - 5:30 PM Speed Posters 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM Poster Session - Odd Numbered Posters (light refreshments) 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM Student/PostDoc/Speaker Dinner   Thursday May 23, 2024 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM Registration and Continental Breakfast 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM Session Three: Abiotic Stress and Development II Session Chairs: Norman Best and Soyon Park 8:30 AM Keynote: Zhiyong Wang, Carnegie Institution, Stanford University Interactions between Sugar and Brassinosteroid Signals Optimize the Tradeoff between Growth and Survival 9:15 AM Brigitte Poppenberger, Technical University of Munich bHLH proteins in brassinosteroid-conferred stress responses 9:45 AM Azahara López Jiménez, Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics, Spain Role of BR-mediated ROS signaling in plant stress response 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Coffee Break 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM Session Three: Abiotic Stress and Development II (continued) 10:30 AM Andrea Eveland, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center Growth hormones BR and GA modulate spikelet meristem identity and inflorescence architecture through the RAMOSA1 pathway in panicoid cereals 11:00 AM Tobias Sieberer, Technical University of Munich, Germany AMP1, a key regulator of shoot development and abiotic stress tolerance, controls cell fate maintenance by limiting HD-ZIP III expression 11:15 AM Nga Nguyen, University of Missouri Clathrin adaptor EPSIN1 governs protein abundance to the root outer plasma membrane domain for effective hormone efflux 11:30 AM Pil-Joon Seo, Seoul National University, South Korea Coordinated regulation of hormone signaling pathways during wound-induced de novo root regeneration in Arabidopsis 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch (provided) 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM Session Four: Biotic Stress and Development II Session Chairs: Andrea Eveland and Sakil Mahmud 1:30 PM Keynote: David C. Nelson, University of California, Riverside Negative feedback control of karrikin signaling 2:15 PM Soyon Park, University of Missouri Long-Distance Communication in Host-Parasitic Plant Interactions 2:45 PM - 3:15 PM Coffee Break 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM Session Four: Biotic Stress and Development II (continued) 3:15 PM Justin Walley, Iowa State University Investigating the role of protein acetylation in shaping host-microbe interactions in corn 3:45 PM Martin Alcantar, University of Missouri Investigating the Novel Role of a PM-Localized E3 Ligase in Pattern Triggered Immunity 4:00 PM Jianbin Su, University of Missouri Cell-specific polymerization-driven biomolecular condensate formation fine-tunes root growth 4:15 PM - 4:30 PM Speed Posters 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM Poster Session - Even Numbered Posters (hors d'oeuvres) 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM Celebration of 40th Annual Symposium Introduction: David Braun Comments by former IPG directors Doug Randall and Bob Sharp   Friday May 24, 2024 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM Continental Breakfast 8:30 AM - 10:15 AM Session Five: Abiotic Stress and Development III Session Chairs: David Mendoza-Cózatl and Priya Voothuluru 8:30 AM Keynote: Poonam Mehra, University of Nottingham, UK Uncovering mechanisms of root branching under heterogenous water availability 9:15 AM Yuguo Xiao, Donald Danforth Center Leaf Rolling1 integrates ABA and sugar signals in sorghum root development and physiological responses to drought 9:30 AM Michaela Matthes, University of Bonn, Germany Boron-hormone interactions in maize meristems 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Coffee Break 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Session Five: Abiotic Stress and Development III (continued) 10:30 AM Maheshi Dassanayake, Louisiana State University Beyond Limits: Hormonal Dynamics and Diverse Pathways Shaping Stress-Resilient Growth in Extremophytes 11:00 AM - 11:15 AM Poster Awards 11:15 AM - 11:30 AM Closing Remarks David Braun, IPG Director, University of Missouri Published by the Interdisciplinary Plant Group, University of Missouri, 612 Hitt St, Columbia, MO 65211 | 573-882-6821 | ipg@missouri.edu © 2024 — Curators of the University of Missouri System. 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